OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei had an awkward moment at a major AI summit, with the two CEOs of competing AI giants opting not to link hands.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei discusses US national security AI models, red lines, and India's AI growth at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.

AI Impact Summit 2026: Addressing heads of state, delegates and industry leaders at the India AI Impact Summit, Amodei praised the country’s momentum in the field

Tech bro rivalry is real, or at least it is for Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, the CEOs of two leading US artificial intelligence startups."That awkward moment when Sam Altman and Dario Amodei refused to hold hands,